Button



C. E. YOUNG Dec "18, 1928.

BUTTON Filed March 27, 1928 INVENTOR. Charles E. Young 3Y2 ATTORNEY.

Patented Dec. 18, 1928.

UNITED STATES' CHARLES E. YOUNG, OF ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA.

BUTTON.

Application flled March 27, 1928. Serial No. 25,035.

The object of theinvention is-to provide a button which may be readilyattached to wearing apparel without the necessity for the use of thread;to provide a button of this character which, when desired, may bereadily detached from the goods by which it is carried, and attachedelsewhere; to provide a button in which there is a positive connec tionbetween the button and its stem with the stem loosely engaged with thebutton so that there may be relative swinging movement between the twowhereby the possibility of damage to the button, when attached to washgoods and when the latter is passed through a clothes wringer, isreduced to a minimum; and to provide a device of this character whichisof simple form and therefore susceptible of cheap manufacture and lowmarketing cost. a

With this object in view, the invention consists in a construction andcombination of parts of which preferred embodiments are illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a central verticalsectional View through the invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan View.

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the plane indicated by the line 33 ofFigure 1.

30 Figure 4 is an elevational view of the stem with the button attachingmeans mounted therein.

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 1 but showing a modified form.

Figure 6 is a top plan view of the struc' ture of Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a perspective view of a tool, such as is used in theattachment of the button to goods.

Figure 8 is an actual view on the plane indicated by the line 88 ofFigure 1.

In order to provide for a loose or swinging or pivotal connectionbetween the button 10 and its stem 11, the latter, which may be of 45pearl, rubber, celluloid, bone, metal or any other desired material andwhich is formed with a head 12, has the head enclosed with a cap 14 withwhich there are formed the wings 15. Prior to the attachment of the stemwith 50 the button, the wings lie flat against the shank of the stem andthe latter is inserted through the eye of the button until the cap letabuts the upper face. The wings 15 which are pliable, are bent outwardlyand up around the annu- 6B lar flange 16 bounding the eye of the buttonon the under face. By this construction the cap becomes fixedlyconnected to the button and the stem is engaged with the cap, butloosely, there being suflicient play between the cap and the head 12 topermit the cap and with it the button to swing loosely on the stem.

The stem at the end remote from the head 12 is of hemispherical shape asindicated at 17, to facilitate the passage of the stem through a holemade in a garment or piece of goods for the reception of the button, thehole being perfectly made by an awl such as indicated at 18. V

The stem is shouldered back of the extremity 17, as indicated at 19,this shoulder being I.

ance spaces for the spring jaws 22 which are merely the free terminalsof the spring 25 which is supported by the flange 26 of the re-. tainerwhich is extended downwardly to the plane of the dome of the thimble.

In Figures 5 and 6 a modification of the in- V vention is illustrated,this modification concerning only the means of attaching the stem 11 tothe button 10. vention, the head 12 of the stem is made larger than theeye of the button and when the stem is inserted through the eye, it isretained in loose engagement with the button by a clip head of thebutton and is provided with terminal pliable ears 28 inserted throughslots formed in the button at diametrically opposite sides of the eye.

The retainer used in connection with the button illustrated in Figures 5and. 6 is identical with that used in connection with the other formillustrated.

In attaching buttons constructed in accord- Y ance with theinvention, acloth is punctured at the desired points with the awl 18 and the buttonsare attached by inserting the stems in the perforations thus made, theretainers being attached to the conical extremities of the stems aftersuch insertion. By the use of the awl illustrated the warp and woofthreads In this form of the in- 27 which diametrically spans the areseparated to form the stem receiving hole and are not severed as theywould be by use of a punch. WVhile the invention is illustrated ashaving the head of the stud and the cap above the plane of the top orouter face of the button, it is obviousthat the eye of the latterparticularly where the button is made the button, and a retainerdetachable engaged with the remaining end of the stem, the stem having atapered terminal and a shoulder just back of the same, and the retainerhaving a thimble in which the tapered terminal is received, and spring,jaws engaging said shoulder, the spring jaws consist ing of the freeterminals of a spring carried by the retainer, andthe thimble beingslotted on diametrically opposite sides to provide clearance spaces forsaid jaws.

In testimony whereof he affixes his signature.

CHARLES E. YOUNG.

